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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.102Madhya 17.104

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.103

এইমত প্রতিদিন করেন বঞ্চন ।

সন্ন্যাসীর সঙ্গ-ভয়ে না মানেন নিমন্ত্রণ ॥ ১০৩ ॥

ei-mata prati-dina karena vañcana

sannyāsīra saṅga-bhaye nā mānena nimantraṇa

Translation

Every day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refused their invitations because He feared associating with Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Teaches Discernment in Association

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refused the invitations every day because He feared associating with Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.

  2. 2

    A Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī never accepts an invitation from those who consider Māyāvādī and Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs one and the same. Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs avoid associating or eating with Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.

  3. 3

    The sannyāsīs of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must follow this principle. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught it through His personal behavior.

Key points from the purport
  • A Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī never accepts an invitation from a party who considers Māyāvādī sannyāsīs and Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs to be one and the same.
  • In other words, Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs do not at all like to associate with Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, to say nothing of eating with them.
  • That is the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, given by His personal behavior.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.

The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Seeing the behavior of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, a Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa informed Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, the leader of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs. Prakāśānanda made various accusations against the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-matain this way
  2. prati-dinadaily
  3. karena vañcanadenies other inviters
  4. sannyāsīraof the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs
  5. saṅga-bhayefrom fear of the association
  6. nā mānenadoes not accept
  7. nimantraṇainvitation
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why is it important not to treat Māyāvādī and Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs as one and the same?

Practice

Write one sentence identifying the principle that the Lord taught sannyāsīs through His behavior.

Live this todayThe Lord Teaches Discernment in AssociationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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